According to Seattle-based lighting designer Bob Bonniol of Mode Studios, who designed the lighting for the show: "The drop was gorgeous . . . We used it in the preset for the show, and in the finale. I was astonished at the full range of colour in the UV paint, and by its complete absence under normal lighting. In short, it rocked, and I want to use this type of drop again!"
UV/FX partner and creative director Kent Mathieu hand-painted the billboard size photo-realistic image of Dame Edna. The image was painted with acrylic on flame-proofed muslin, utilizing UV/FX's custom-made fluorescent paints, which appear completely clear under regular light, and then fluoresce brilliantly under UV light.
According to UV/FX president Richard Green: "UV/FX prides itself in formulizing our long-lasting UV flesh-tones and other organic colours. Only UV/FX can provide your production with an extensive palette of UV colour which lasts year after year."
(Lee Baldock)
